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ChemInform Abstract: A New Strategy for the Synthesis of (+)-Vernolepin Related Compounds: An Unusual Sulfene Elimination Leads to the 2-Oxa-cis-decalin Skeleton.
First published: 31 May 2010
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A strategy towards the synthesis of non-racemic vernolepins such as (IV) is discussed. The procedure involves an unusual base-promoted elimination of sulfene imine from the mesylate (II) to yield the cis-decalin (III) as potential synthetic intermediate of (IV).
